July 24, 2014
- US-backed Afghan militias murder and rape their way through Afghanistan.
- Kerry says he doesn't want to return home without securing a ceasefire.
- America lifts ban on flights to Israel.
- By "mowing the grass," Israel hopes to exhaust Hamas through attrition, with modest gains and acceptable casualty numbers.
- Only thing certain about fighting in Gaza is more deaths.
- Visualizing the death toll in the Gaza Strip.
- Praising the hashtag as a organizational device.
- NASA succeeded in making space exploration repeatable and predictable—and now space is boring.
- See also: Survive air travel by arriving at the airport extra early and wearing a mask.
- Father and daughters kicked off plane for tweet said to constitute a security threat.
- How to become a "vexatious litigant" in Australia.
- Creator of “lettuce turnip the beet” T-shirt loses court ruling over copyright law.
- Palm trees in Los Angeles are perverse intruders, a cliché that "mock the idea of shade."
- Psychology of first impressions.
- Believer editor explains the troubles of staging King Lear with a cast of sheep.
- John Lithgow blogs about learning Lear, currently in production in New York.